Signal component cancellation for feedback receiver

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10673661-B1
Application number	US-201916367601-A
Country	US
Kind code	B1
Filing date	Mar 28, 2019
Priority date	Mar 28, 2019
Publication date	Jun 2, 2020
Grant date	Jun 2, 2020

Abstract

Systems, methods, and circuitries enable selected signal components to be isolated in a feedback transmit signal that includes multiple signal components. In one example, a signal component cancellation system for a feedback receiver includes a transmit chain configured to transmit a transmit signal having at least two signal components with offset center frequencies. The system includes measurement circuitry configured to measure a received signal that results from feedback of the transmit signal and cancellation circuitry configured to cancel a selected signal component from the transmit signal to generate a cancellation signal. The system further includes subtraction circuitry configured to combine the cancellation signal with the measured received signal to generate a component signal corresponding to a contribution of the selected signal component to the received signal and provide the component signal to the feedback receiver.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A signal component cancellation system for a feedback receiver, comprising:
a transmit chain configured to transmit a transmit signal having at least two signal components with offset center frequencies;
measurement circuitry configured to measure a received signal that results from feedback of the transmit signal;
cancellation circuitry configured to cancel a selected signal component from the transmit signal to generate a cancellation signal; and
subtraction circuitry configured to:
combine the cancellation signal with the measured received signal to generate a component signal corresponding to a contribution of the selected signal component to the received signal; and
provide the component signal to the feedback receiver.

2. The signal component cancellation system of claim 1 , wherein the cancellation circuitry comprises:
component carrier selector circuitry configured to:
receive the at least two signal components; and
pass signal components that are not the selected signal component; and

combination circuitry configured to add the signal components passed by the component carrier selector circuitry to generate an unwanted component signal.

3. The signal component cancellation system of claim 2 , wherein the cancellation circuitry further comprises signal adjuster circuitry configured to adjust a phase, magnitude, and time delay of each of the passed signal components to align the passed signal components with a phase and magnitude of the measured received signal, wherein the combination circuitry combines the adjusted passed signal components to generate the unwanted component signal.

4. The signal component cancellation system of claim 2 , wherein the cancellation circuitry further comprises signal adjuster circuitry configured to adjust a phase, magnitude, and time delay of the unwanted component signal to align the unwanted component signal with a phase and magnitude of the measured received signal.

5. The signal component cancellation system of claim 2 , wherein the cancellation circuitry further comprises a frequency shifter configured to shift a frequency of the unwanted component signal by a center frequency of the selected signal component to generate the cancellation signal.

6. The signal component cancellation system of claim 1 , wherein the subtraction circuitry comprises:
a mixer configured to down-convert the measured received signal based on a center frequency of the selected signal component; and
a subtractor element configured to subtract the cancellation signal from the down-converted measured received signal to generate the component signal.

7. The signal component cancellation system of claim 1 , wherein the subtraction circuitry comprises:
a first mixer configured to up-convert the cancellation signal based on a transmit frequency; and
a subtractor element configured to subtract the up-converted cancellation signal from the measured received signal to generate the component signal; and
a second mixer configured to down-convert the component signal based on a center frequency of the selected signal component.

8. The signal component cancellation system of claim 7 , wherein the subtractor element is configured to provide the component signal to a low noise amplifier disposed between the subtractor element and the second mixer.

9. The signal component cancellation system of claim 7 , wherein the subtractor element is configured to subtract the cancellation signal from an output of a low noise amplifier that amplifies the measured received signal.

10. The signal component cancellation system of claim 1 , wherein the subtraction circuitry comprises:
a mixer configured to down-convert the measured received signal based on a center frequency of the selected signal component; and
an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) configured to:
subtract the cancellation signal from the down-converted measured received signal; and
convert a difference between the down-converted measured received signal and the cancellation signal to a digital component signal.

11. The signal component cancellation system of claim 10 , wherein the ADC comprises a sigma-delta ADC.

12. The signal component cancellation system of claim 1 , wherein the subtraction circuitry comprises:
a mixer configured to down-convert the measured received signal based on a center frequency of the selected signal component; and
an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) configured to:
subtract the cancellation signal from the down-converted measured received signal in an analog domain; and
convert a difference between the down-converted measured received signal and the cancellation signal to a digital component signal.

13. The signal component cancellation system of claim 12 , wherein the ADC comprises:
a digital-to-analog converter configured to convert the down-converted measured received signal to an analog signal; and
preset circuitry configured to:
select a preset value based on the cancellation signal; and
control the digital-to-analog converter to process a difference between the preset value and the down-converted measured received signal to generate the component signal.

14. The signal component cancellation system of claim 1 , wherein the measurement circuitry comprises measurement selector circuitry configured to control the measurement circuitry to measure a selected one of a forward wave or a reflected wave component of the transmit signal.

15. A method, comprising:
in a feedback path, measuring a received signal that results from feedback of a transmit signal having at least two signal components with offset center frequencies;
in a cancellation path, cancelling a selected signal component from the transmit signal to generate a cancellation signal;
combining the cancellation signal with the measured received signal to generate a component signal corresponding to a contribution of the selected signal component to the measured received signal; and
providing the component signal to a feedback receiver.

16. The method of claim 15 , further comprising:
receiving, separately, the at least two signal components;
passing signal components that are not the selected signal component;
adjusting a phase, magnitude, and time delay of each of the passed signal components to align the passed signal components with a phase and magnitude of the measured received signal;
adding the adjusted passed signal components to generate an unwanted component signal; and
shifting a frequency of the unwanted component signal by a center frequency of the selected signal component to generate the cancellation signal.

17. The method of claim 15 , further comprising:
receiving, separately, the at least two signal components;
passing signal components that are not the selected signal component;
adding the passed signal components to generate an unwanted component signal;
adjusting a phase, magnitude, and time delay of the unwanted component signal to align the unwanted component signal with a phase and magnitude of the measured received signal; and
shifting a frequency of the adjusted unwanted component signal by a center frequency of the selected signal component to generate the cancellation signal.

18. The method of claim 15 , further comprising:
down-converting the measured received signal based on a center frequency of the selected signal component; and
subtracting the cancellation signal from the down-converted measured received signal to generate the component signal.

19. The method of claim 15 ,

Assignees

• Intel Corp

Inventors

• Kuttner Franz
• Belitzer Alexander
• Mrugalla Florian
• Deeying Navatouch

Classifications

• H04B1/1027

  assessing signal quality or detecting noise/interference for the received signal · CPC title

• H04L25/03821 Primary

  Inter-carrier interference cancellation [ICI] · CPC title

• H04L25/03343

  Arrangements at the transmitter end · CPC title

• H04B2001/0433

  with linearisation using feedback · CPC title

• H04B1/0475 Primary

  with means for limiting noise, interference or distortion (H04B1/0483 takes precedence) · CPC title